In May 2006 the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, led by Senator Michael Kirby released “Out of the Shadows at Last – Highlights and Recommendations of the Final Report on Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction”. The Empowerment Council (EC) made multiple submissions to the commission, advocating for equitable treatment for […]
Tag: Social Justice
The Empowerment Council (EC) submission from Wednesday May 14, 2003 to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology led by Senator Michael Kirby. This paper looks beyond the effects of the public’s prejudice toward the mental health and addiction service-user community, to also consider the discrimination that allows for the exclusion of […]